Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Heavenly
General references
Bible References
Being
Genesis 6:5
When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,
Genesis 8:21
When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalm 51:5 Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
John 3:5
Jesus answered, “I assure you: Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Romans 7:18
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.
Titus 3:3
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
Know
Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Matthew 7:11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?
Heavenly
Luke 11:2
He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say:
Father,
Your name be honored as holy.
Your kingdom come.
Luke 15:30 But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’
Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:14 “For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.
Give the
Proverbs 1:23 If you respond to my warning,
then I will pour out my spirit on you
and teach you my words.
then I will pour out my spirit on you
and teach you my words.
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants
and My blessing on your offspring.
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit
and My blessing on your offspring.
Ezekiel 36:27
I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.
Joel 2:28 After this
I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your old men will have dreams,
and your young men will see visions.
I will pour out My Spirit
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your old men will have dreams,
and your young men will see visions.
Matthew 7:11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
John 4:10
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.”
John 7:37
On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink!
General references
Matthew 7:9 What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Luke 18:19 “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.